Directional Drilling in the Oilsands in Alberta, Canada
The community of Fort McMurray is located and administered by the regional municipality of Wood Buffalo in Alberta, Canada. Fort McMurray was established in 1870 as a trading post and is now a focal point of Canada’s oilsands industry.
Read MoreBrotherton Pipeline & Direct Horzintal Form Partnership
In March 2010, two names in horizontal directional drilling teamed to better service the North American HDD market. Brotherton Pipeline Inc. and Direct Horizontal combined both equipment and workforce together, making Brotherton-Direct.
Read MoreIntersecting the Peace River
The intersect method was recently used to directionally drill a 1,110-m section of 42-in. gas line under the Peace River for the North Central Corridor project in northern Alberta, Canada — a project that the HDD contractor says is the largest HDD casing…
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